Primetime Emmy Awards 2021 has been conferred to the best the best in U.S. prime time television programming from June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021. Emmy Award ceremony was held live on September 19, 2021 at the Event Deck at L.A. Live in Downtown Los Angeles, California.
Primetime Emmy Awards 2021 has been hosted by Cedric the Entertainer, and broadcast in the U.S. by CBS and Paramount+.
About Emmy Awards
- Primetime Emmy Award is an American award bestowed by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) in recognition of excellence in American primetime television (TV) programming.
- Award categories are divided into 3 classes:
- Regular Primetime Emmy Awards
- Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards: It honors technical and other similar behind-the-scenes achievements
- Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards: It recognizes significant contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television.
- It was first conferred in 1949.
- It was originally referred to as simply ‘Emmy Award’ until International Emmy Award and Daytime Emmy Award were created in the early 1970s to expand the Emmy to other sectors of the television industry.
Full list of winners at Primetime Emmys 2021
Here's the full list of winners at the Primetime Emmys Award 2021:
Category | Winners |
Outstanding Drama Series | The Crown |
Outstanding Comedy Series | Ted Lasso |
Outstanding Variety Talk Show | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver |
Outstanding Limited Series | The Queen's Gambit |
Outstanding Actor - Comedy | Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) |
Outstanding Actor – Drama | Josh O'Connor |
Outstanding Actor - Limited Series or Movie | Ewan McGregor (Halston) |
Outstanding Actress – Comedy | Jean Smart (Hacks) |
Outstanding Actress – Drama | Olivia Colman (The Crown) |
Outstanding Actress - Limited Series or Movie | Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown) |
Outstanding Supporting Actor – Comedy | Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso) |
Outstanding Supporting Actor – Drama | Tobias Menzies (The Crown) |
Outstanding Supporting Actor - Limited Series or Movie | Evan Peters (Mare of Easttown) |
Outstanding Supporting Actress – Comedy | Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso) |
Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama | Gillian Anderson (The Crown) |
Outstanding Supporting Actress - Limited Series or Movie | Julianne Nicholson (Mare of Easttown) |
Outstanding Director – Comedy | Lucia Aniello (Hacks) |
Outstanding Director – Drama | Jessica Hobbs (The Crown) |
Outstanding Director - Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special | Scott Frank (The Queen's Gambit) |
Outstanding Writing - Comedy | Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs and Jen Statsky (Hacks) |
Outstanding Writing – Drama | Peter Morgan (The Crown) |
Outstanding Writing - Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special | Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You) |
Interesting facts about Primetime Emmy Awards 2021
- Ted Lasso established new record by becoming the most-nominated freshman comedy series in the awards' history with 20 nominations.
- Apple TV+ sports comedy surpassed record held by Fox musical comedy-drama Glee, which received 19 nominations in 2010.
- Mj Rodriguez (Pose TV series) became first-ever transgender person to be nominated for a major acting Emmy Award.
- The Crown won all seven drama categories, becoming the first show to sweep the major drama categories.
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